| Hupehsuchia Temporal range: Early Triassic,
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| Hupehsuchus nanchangensis on display at the Paleozoological Museum of China | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Diapsida |
| Clade: | Neodiapsida |
| Clade: | †Ichthyosauromorpha |
| Order: | †Hupehsuchia Young & Dong, 1972 |
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Hupehsuchia is an order of diapsid reptiles closely related to ichthyosaurs. The group was short-lasting, with a temporal range restricted to the late Olenekian age, spanning only a few million years of the Early Triassic.[2] The order gets its name from Hubei Province, China, from which many specimens have been found. They are probable members of the clade Ichthyosauromorpha.[3]
- ^ Xiao-hong Chen; Ryosuke Motani; Long Cheng; Da-yong Jiang & Olivier Rieppel (2014). "A Small Short-Necked Hupehsuchian from the Lower Triassic of Hubei Province, China". PLOS ONE. 9 (12): e115244. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0115244. PMC 4269458. PMID 25517113.
- ^ Motani, R. (2009). "The Evolution of Marine Reptiles". Evolution: Education and Outreach. 2 (2): 224–235. doi:10.1007/s12052-009-0139-y.
- ^ Motani; et al. (2014). "A basal ichthyosauriform with a short snout from the Lower Triassic of China". Nature. 517 (7535): 485–488. doi:10.1038/nature13866. PMID 25383536. S2CID 4392798.